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PK Bois B104

Known as:PK Bois B104; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B104; LP 64
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Provenience

Main find spot:Shaldirang
Specific find spot:Watchtower
Collection:Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)

Language and Script

Language:TB

Text contents

Text genre:Non-literary
Text subgenre:Laissez-passer
Verse/Prose:prose

Object

Material: ink on wood tablet
Size (h × w):3.25–2.57 × 5.88–4.72 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1[ñ]· [yai] tko rsa [maṃ] tpyā – ///
a2– [y]aṃ ce w· mpa k[l]ai [na] ///
a3[o] [ks]· trai • ke rc[c]a [p]·aṃ ///

Transcription

a1ñ(i) yaitkorsa maṃt pyā(m) ///
a2yaṃ cew(ä)mpa klaina ///
a3oks(aiṃ) traikerccap(p)aṃ ///

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,48–0,26 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 103

Bibliography

Pinault 1987

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1987. “Épigraphie koutchéenne. I. Laissez-passer de caravanes. II. Graffites et inscriptions.” Sites divers de la région de Koutcha, Mission Paul Pelliot, Documents archéologiques, 8: 59–196 + XL.